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Show PRES. PETERSON W MAKES WOR- H THYJFFER B Dr E. G. Peterson, president of SflSi tho Utah Agrlcultuint College, has rafcSvS offered to gtu through Supt. 11. C. Bw3i Durton of Davis county, a silver cup SaSH to the Davis county school which for NM ono year maintains the best kept MH ! school grounds accoidlng to an nu- H nouncemet mado Uy W. J. Merrill, H secretary, to tho president. Tho grounds wilt bo Judged according to H a fixed standard which will make It possible for the small school to com- peto with tho largest In tho county, This contest will bo open to tho scv- jH cntcen schools of the county and tho H board of education has offered Its fullest support. H President Peterson's decision to H offer tho cup tomes as n result ot H tho extcnslvo plans for tho landscapo H beautlfication of the Davis eounty H chools now being carried out by Mr. H Emtl Hansen, Instructor In hortlcul- H turo and superintendent ot grounds jH and gieenhouses nt tho college, as a H part of tho college state beautlfica- H tlon campaign. Mr. Hansen was H asked by tho Davis count)- authorl- H ties to make plans for the seven- H teen schools ot the county which ho H did. Theso plans wilt be carried out M i3iid when fully completed tho con- H test will bogln. President Peterson H felt that such nn ambitious and wot- ,H thy undertaking merited special rcc- H ognltlon. It. C. Burton, superlntcn- H dent of the Davis county schools has H promised his most enthusiastic sup-' H port and will do all in his power to H keep up keen interest In the contest. H Mr. Hansen Is In charge of tho H landscaping of tho grounds. Ho H states that although the contest will H last for an entire year after all of H tho school grounds havo been com- H pleted, he has already drawn up a H tentative standard for Judging them. H A perfect score will bo ono hundred H per cent, and certain set weights will H bo given to such points ns freedom H from weeds and rubbish; elimination BH ot weeds; keeping up of tho land- a scape features which will Include ' mowing of lawns.ir thero be aniy, and H caro or walks and driveways; trim- H mlng of hedges and shrubbery, etc., H and tho general neatness of tho B grounds. H Tho date for the beginning of the H contest lias not et been definitely H |